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NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE
SOLDIER SETTLEMENTS
MANGAPURUA, WANGANUI RIVER
To give returning soldiers a new start after the First World War the New Zealand Government made purchases of land under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act 1916.
This is the index to the book The Bridge To Nowhere - The ill-fated Mangapurua Settlement" by Arthur P Bates 1981 ISBN 0-473-00088-1. Mangapurua is the site of the Bridge to Nowhere and was originally the Mangapurua Soldier Settlement.
AISLABIE | Clement | 11/961 | Inside Cover,36,63,87,127,138 |
ANDERSON | Agnes McDonald (Mrs) (nee Lucas) | 6,129,150,154 | |
ANDERSON | Jo | 153 | |
ANDERSON | John | 93 | |
ANDERSON | Michael (Mike) | 93,130 | |
ANDERSON | Miles | 153 | |
ANDERSON | Myra | 93, 132, 157 | |
ANDERSON | Reginald Charles (Reg) | 131,132,137,138,151,153,154,156,157 | |
ANSLEY | Mr | Teacher | 128 |
APPLEBY | Frank | 53 | |
BAGLEY | A Miss | Inside Cover | |
BAGLEY | E A | Inside Cover | |
BAMBER | Bob | 29 | |
BARKER | M J | Inside Cover | |
BARNS | 10 | ||
BARRON | Miss | Teacher | 128 |
BARTRUM | Frances Bessie Geraldine (Mrs) (nee Mansell) | 83,85 | |
BARTRUM | Oswald Benjamin | 55395 | Inside Cover, 73, 88,118,125,126 |
BENNETT | Billy | [10/2856] | 17,18,19,20,28,29,30,31 |
BENNETT | Kathleen (Mrs (nee Appleby) | 53 | |
BENNETT | Philip Henry George (Phil) | 10/274 | Inside Cover,53,67,84,122,126,129,130,148 |
BETTJEMAN | Anna | 93,163 | |
BETTJEMAN | Frederick | 6/1779 | Inside Cover,6,45,57,60,74,80,83,85,115,118,122,125,127,128,129,132,137,143,148, |
BETTJEMAN | Mac | 93 | |
BETTJEMAN | May | 83 | |
BETTJEMAN | Agnes Muir (Mrs) (nee McNab) | 82,83,137,153,154,157,163 | |
BETTJEMAN | Ron | 93 | |
BETTJEMAN | 36,79,128,133,135,138,158,159,163,165,167 | ||
BOLTON | George Major | 26/77 | Inside Cover |
BOLTON | Herbert Emerson (Herb) | 26/234 | Inside cover,67,148 |
BOLTON | Jim | 93 | |
BOLTON | K E | Inside Cover | |
BOLTON | Margaret | 93 | |
BOLTON | Jeannie Hunter (Mrs) (nee MacNab) | 85,154 | |
BOLTON | 83,119,135,158 | ||
BRIGHT | 138 | ||
BRODIE | Mrs | 153 | |
BROWN | Norman | Bridge builder | 145,148 |
BROWN | 138 | ||
BUCKLAND | Sydney | 45786 | Inside Cover, 131 |
BURMAN | Bill | 63 | |
CARROLL | F J | Inside Cover | |
CARROLL | J F | Inside Cover | |
CASEY | Cornelius William (Con) | 39 | |
CLARK | Sheelton | Inside Cover | |
CLARK | 79 | ||
COATES | 36 | ||
CODY | Fred | 109 | |
CODY | W T G | Inside Cover | |
COTTERILL | James Gilligan (Jim) | Inside Cover,25,26,34,76,84,89,124 | |
COTTERILL | Charlotte Katherine (Mrs) (nee Munro) | 83 | |
COUTTS | 127,138,153,154 | ||
CRONIN | Peter | 105 | |
DAVIS | J | Inside Cover | |
DELANEY | 105 | ||
DONNELLY | Mary Mrs (nee Mowat) | 6 | |
DUNCAN | John Matthew (Jackie) | Inside Cover, 43,64,68,78,79,105 | |
DUST | Bernard Maxwell (Barney) | 33,41, 53, 107 | |
DUST | Ivy Florence Adeline (Mrs) (nee Tilley) | 53 | |
EPPS | Thomas Harry | 33,46 | |
FERGIE | PWD Engineer | 65 | |
GIBSON | Bob | 53 | |
GRAY & RUSSELL | Inside Cover | ||
GREGG | Ruatiti | 75 | |
HAMILTON | Mrs | 152 | |
HAMILTON | Paranui | 70,71,72 | |
HARROD | 141 | ||
HELLAWELL | Charles Halle (Charlie) | 3/103A | Inside Cover,33,35,41,53, 138 |
HELLAWELL | Florence Annie (Mrs) (nee Widdowson) | 152 | |
HOGAN | Pat | 91,99 | |
HUNTER | Jim | 57,58 | |
HUNTER | Mrs | 82 | |
JOBIN | M | Inside Cover | |
JOHNSON | Edward | 94 | |
JOHNSTON | 79,158 | ||
KELLY | James (Jim) | 46,59,61,88,89,104,107,109 | |
KENNINGTON | Bridge builder | 42,43,60,65,89 | |
LOCKETT | Charles | Ruatiti | 48,49,50,51 |
LYNN | Jack | 113,147 | |
MACULLY | Miss | Teacher | 128 |
MATHESON | E M T | Inside Cover | |
McDONALD | Hugh (Hughie) | 23/2048 | Inside Cover,36,52,78,85,91,105,106,118,127,138,155,158, |
McDONALD | Helen | 93 | |
McDONALD | Ivy | 93 | |
McDONALD | Mrs | 83 | |
McDONALD | Muriel | 93,153 | |
McELLIGOTT | J [John] [Jack] | Inside Cover,76 | |
McGREGOR | Gregor | 29 | |
McGURR | 47 | ||
McKINNAN | Miss | Teacher | 128 |
McLEAN | David | 112 | |
McLENNEN | J | 49,51,80 | |
McSHANE | Philip (Phil) | 10/3682 | 43,59,61,88,107,109 |
MORGAN | Sydney John (Sid) | 11/571 | Inside Cover,57,81,118,130,133 |
MORGAN | William Elvins Spiers (Inky) | 11/599 | Inside cover, 89,91,133 |
MORGAN | 102,103,116,136,141,000 | ||
MOSLEY | Eric Aubrey | 2/1052 | Inside Cover |
MOWAT | Colin | 7/1269 | Inside Cover |
MOWAT | Eileen Monica Mary (Mrs) (nee Lacy) | 152,154 | |
MOWAT | Patrick Renwick (Pat) | 72752 | Inside cover, 35,89,107,112,131,138,155 |
MOWAT | 34,36,54,75,76,115,124,149,158 | ||
NOLAN | John Francis (Jack) | 10/2259 | Inside Cover,25,26,27,28,37,39,57,58 |
OLSEN | E D | Inside Cover | |
O'ROURKE | Joe | Inside Cover,61,118 | |
POLLOCK | Robert (Bob) | 25,26 | |
PUDNEY | Lofty | 156 | |
QUINN | Jim | Inside Cover,43,49,61,64,68,80,81,82,87 | |
REYNOLDS | Tommy | 104,106 | |
ROBERTS | Tom Cyril | 2/1731 | 140,141 |
ROSS | Athol | Teacher | 128 |
RYAN | Peter | 25,26,38 | |
SANDFORD | Doug | Bridge builder | 147 |
SANDFORD | Mrs | 147 | |
SANDFORD | W H | Bridge builder | 113,115,133,145,148 |
SANDFORD & BROWN | Bridge builder | 145,148 | |
SCANLON | C | Inside Cover | |
SCOTT | J L | Inside Cover | |
SHAW | J H M | Inside Cover | |
SHAW | Mrs | 154 | |
SHAW | 141 | ||
SHEEHAN | Pat | 112 | |
SHEEHAN | William (Bill) | 39,40,61,62,77,100,110 | |
SHEEHAN | 66,79 | ||
SHIRES | G N | Inside Cover | |
SHOUT | Thomas | 86,125 | |
SLOGGETT | Mary (Mrs) | 137 | |
SLOGGETT | Pat | 137 | |
SLOGGETT | Miss | Teacher | 128 |
SPELLMAN | Tom | 107 | |
SPRATT | H | Inside Cover | |
STAFFORD | Ida | 138 | |
STAFFORD | Margaret | 138 | |
STAFFORD | Miss | 154 | |
STEWART | Kenny | River Boat Captain | 20,150 |
TARRY | Joseph William (Joe) | River Boat Captain | 21,68 |
TESTER | Alfred | 6/3181 | 52,59,84,93,127 |
TESTER | Sarah Mrs (nee Found) | 82,84,93 | |
TIMMS | Miss | Teacher | 128 |
TOOLEY | Miss | Teacher | 128 |
WALSH | J | Inside Cover | |
WALSH | Patrick (Paddy) | [12/2505] | Inside Cover,130,131 |
WARD | May (Mrs) (nee Archer) | 140 | |
WARD | Clarence Victor | 29521 | 140 |
WARD | John Patrick (Jack) | 45937 | Inside Cover,6,17,18,19,20,28,29,30,32,59,64,83,85,86,88,98,100,109,123 |
WEST | Doss (Mrs) | 138 | |
WEST | George | 80,89 | |
WEST | William Edward (Bill) | 138 | |
WILSON | Kenneth Beale (Ken) | 10/3434 | 32,38,39,41,42,104, |
WYNNE | George Angus | Inside Cover,53,91,102,118 | |
WYNNE | Madge Frances (Mrs) (nee O'Meara) | 83,103 |
FAMILIES I AM RESEARCHING | MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL STUFF | NEW ZEALAND — ON LINE GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY RESOURCES | NEW ZEALAND — YOUNG BOY IMMIGRANT SCHEME 1911 — 1914 | NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES | NEW ZEALAND MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL INDEXES | NEW ZEALAND LAND WARS — MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL INDEXES | NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE | NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR TWO | NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR AND WAR MEMORIALS — BY LOCATION | NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR AND WAR MEMORIALS — BY CONFLICT | NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR — MILITARY NURSES | PAKEHA/MAORI TRANSLITERATIONS | PASSENGER LISTS TO NEW ZEALAND | SHAND — FAMILY HISTORY | SOUTH TARANAKI, NEW ZEALAND — GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES | SPONDON, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND — GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES | WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL 1865 — 1947 | WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY, NEW ZEALAND — GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES